How can I start the rails console and use the testing database exclusively?

Question

I'd like to start the rails console and create database entries in a database that isn't the default database, such as the testing database. I'd appreciate any help.

Answer 1

To start console in test environment:

ruby script/console test  ruby script/console production  

To run rake tasks in test environment:

rake db:create RAILS_ENV=test  rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=test  

In Rails 3 and 4 you can use:

rails console test rails c test 

In Rails 5 you can use:

rails console -e test rails c -e test